Here are a few programs to look out for in the upcoming week ...

SATURDAY 9 P.M. Inside Demolition Derbies, Travel Channel. Once quite popular, these exhibitions are still around today. Here's your chance for metal-twisting, car-crunching ferocity. Meet the drivers and learn the contestants' secret strategies, then experience the face-off firsthand. No, it doesn't look like I-75 or I-71 at rush hour.

SATURDAY 9 P.M. Nobel Peace Concert 2002, A&E. Artists from around the world perform in a two-hour musical tribute to former President Jimmy Carter, winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Hosted by Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange, the show features performances by Carlos Santana, Michelle Branch, Willie Nelson, Jennifer Lopez, Angelique Kidjoe, Josh Groban, and others. You know Bono and Sting's domes will turn up, too.

SUNDAY 9 P.M. Science of the Sexes, Discovery. Take a definitive trip around the male and female anatomy and confirm what our bodies know and our minds often forget -- men and women are made for each other. Through the use of scientific experts, intimate portraits and real-life situations, viewers learn just how our bodies grow, adapt, compliment and support each other. A real-life test of sexual attraction, using a pair of identical twins, looks at what goes on in the body when aroused by the opposite sex, and an MRI scanner examines the mechanics of intercourse. (You go, Discovery Channel!)

SATURDAY 10 A.M. Fantastic Voyage: Evolution of Science Fiction, The History Channel. For centuries, we've been hypnotized by tales of scientific speculation, alien invasion and future fantasy. From the pioneers of science fiction to the dime novels of the 1930s, from the Atomic Age and its B-movies to the age of Trekkies (er, Trek-kers), Fantastic Voyage combines surprising stories, visionary personalities, provocative ideas and colorful visuals to salute the history of an enduring and important genre. Includes interviews with William Shatner and Paul (Starship Troopers) Verhoeven.

FRIDAY 10 P.M. Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied, Comedy Central. From making it in Hollywood to faking it in the bedroom, star of television and film Wanda Sykes (ex-The Downer Channel) lets loose and tells all when she takes to the stage for a full hour in this original stand-up special.

MONDAY 10:30 P.M. Clone High, MTV. A cast of animated characters, originated from extracted DNA from some of the most important people in history, head back to high school. Through these hybrid characters -- including: Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, Cleopatra, and Principal Cinnamon J. Scudworth -- everyday high school life will look a little different. Originally this was supposed to debut in November. How fortunate for MTV that they waited so they could ride the wave of the first (allegedly) cloned human.

NEWS & NOTES: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's production company, LivePlanet, tanked with Push, Nevada, but there's a new drama on the drawing board called Los Angeles. ... Reeboks are the next product to be promoted by The Simpsons.

-- P.F. Wilson

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